Deflector



(.No Model.)

A. EBY.

.DEFLEGTOR. I

No. 574,024. v Patented 1390.29. 1896.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

AMOS EBY, or LEAMAN PLACE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEFLECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 574,024, datedDecember 9, 8

Application filed March 27,. 1896. Serial No. 585,054. No model-l T0ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMOS EBY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Leaman Place, in the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Deflectors, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of deflectorsdesigned for throwing out toward the center of an apartment the hot airentering the same through a wall-register; and the object of theimprovements is to prevent the hot air from rising directly toward theceiling after escaping from the register and to direct it to and outover the floor of the apartment, so as to diffuse the hot air throughthe same directly from the register.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of thevarious parts, as hereinafter fully described and then pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective front view of a deflector embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section thereof, showing thedeflector attached to the front face of a register; Fig. 3, a similarsection of the deflector detached, showing a modification of the devicefor adj usting the inclination of the deflector-plate and Fig. 4 a topview of the deflector detached.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates a Wall-register,and B the deflector, constructed, preferably, of sheet metal.

B is the horizontal top plate of the deflector, 13 vertical side platesor cheeks formed with or connected to the top plate at their upper ends,and b a wire connecting the lower inner corners of the checks tomaintain the lower ends thereof in their proper relative positions. Thiswire preferably extends up the outer sides of the inner edges of thecheeks, beingheld in loops 6, formed by turning over the edges of saidcheeks. Im1nediately beneath the inner edge of top plate B a hinge-rod dis supported in the cheeks, and on rod cl is hinged a deflector-plate D,which is of the full width of the space between the cheeks. Thedeflector plate slopes down ward and outward from the hinge-rod, asillustrated, and the angle of inclination is regu lated by a rack-bar E,pivotally connected at its lower end with the vibrating edge of thedeflector-plate and having its upper end passing through a slot 6 in thetop plate B, said rack-bar being held in an adjusted position by theengagement of one of the teeth e thereon with an edge of slot 6. Theupper end as of said rack-bar is turned over to form a handhold.

Instead of rack-bar E a chain F may be used, the links of which areengaged over a hook f, as shown in Fig. 3, those above the hook passingthrough slot 6. rod is so located that the upper end of thedeflector-plate works against or in contact with top plate B, so as to'prevent the escape of any material part of the hot air from the registerthrough the joint between said top plate and deflector-plate.

The top plate and the side plates need not be of the contours shown, butmay be constructed of any pleasing design suitable for the purpose.

G represents inwardly-projecting arms 011 the innerfaces of cheeks B andon the ends of said arms are rearwardly-extending hooks g, adapted totake over the bars, a, of the wallregister, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The deflector is of such dimension that the The hingetop and sidesembrace all the outlet-openings of the register, the inner edges of thetop and sides of the deflector being constructed to set up flush againstthe face of the rim of the register. The hot air pouring through theregister, instead of rising directly to the ceiling of the apartment, asit ordinarily does,

I do not limit myself to any particular mode of securing the deflectorto or in front of the register; neither do I restrict myself to theparticular manner of hinging the deflectorplate herein shown anddescribed.

.Having thus described my invention, what structed to engage theregister, a deflectorplate having its upper edge hinged between theinner edges of the cheeks and adjacent to the top plate, and a rack-barhaving one end pivoted to the vibrating end of the deflector-plate andthe other end passing through a slot in the top plate, the rack on saidbar being constructed to engage an edge of said slot, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

AMOS EBY.

\Vitnesses O. G. BASSLER, WM. R. GERHART.

